CIVIL Registry and Migration Director Anny Shakalli was attacked in her own bed during the early hours of yesterday morning, police said.
The attack took place at around 3.10am while she was at home alone in Ayioi Omoloyites in Nicosia.
We have lived here for the past seven years and are happy with our home and lifestyle. Obviously things have changed over the years, not many of them for the better.
However, regarding your article about restaurants being 40 per cent down (July 31) I would like to make the following points.
Returning home to Cyprus last Friday (flight 359 from Manchester), my husband and I were considerably startled by the final announcement from the flight deck just before we landed at Larnaca, which apart from the usual information regarding landing and weather conditions included a gratuitous and to our minds quite uncalled-for summary of the ‘Cyprus problem’, lasting perhaps some three minutes. T
COUPLES all over the world, Cyprus included, are rushing to marry on Friday to take advantage of the reportedly auspicious date of 8/8/08, which is said will favour balance and prosperity.
THE OFFICE of the Commissioner for Protection of the Rights of the Child has set up a special website to encourage more contact with the public.
Rights of the Child Commissioner Leda Koursoumba said her office expected to have frequent contact with the public through the interactive website, which also sets down the principles on children’s rights.
PAPHOS developers are pleading with the government to cut through the tangle of red tape that they say is suffocating their business, causing delays in the issue of building permits and title deeds, in some cases for years.
The president of the Paphos developers, George Mais, was speaking yesterday following a meeting with Interior Minister Neoclis Silikiotis in Nicosia on Monday.
PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias has said that the Beijing Olympics will be the best in modern times.
THE TECHNICAL committee for cultural heritage has already started its pilot programme of assessment of religious monuments on both sides, as agreed by the two leaders at their last meeting on July 25.
THE TURKISH Cypriot side said yesterday that if there were no technical problems they would give the green light allowing Greek Cypriots to cross at Limnitis for the annual pilgrimage to Morphou.
IN THE past few days, several unsuspecting bank clients have been the victims of unscrupulous ‘phishers’, causing police to issue an official warning urging the public to exercise considerable caution when conducting online transactions.
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